I’ve not posted in a while and, apparently, infrequent, inconsistent posting is a sin in this new world of constant news feeds, tweets, status updates, etc. I have to remind myself that comments, thread responses, and status updates on Facebook are not going to make me a better writer. So, here I am after wrestling with a WordPress cookie issue that would not let me into my dashboard via Firefox so that I might throw more words out into the ether.
Hopefully, I will finish this and actually post it – I’m not impressed with the number of drafts I see sitting in my drafts folder. To be fair, some of the posts are a bit negative and I ran out of energy and motivation trying to beat them into something that would add to the ongoing conversation of life. I had a question answered recently that’s been in the back of my head every time I started typing for at least a couple of years now. I was watching Into the Storm and a remark by Sir Winston Churchill to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt caught my attention. When questioned about his faith, Sir Winston, who dealt with the same doubts that I deal with, replied to FDR, “Whether you believe or disbelieve — it is a wicked thing to take away a man’s hope.” So, I feel somewhat justified in keeping my skeptical mouth shut even though I’ve wanted to weigh in on the big question. As it turns out, someone can convey with humor an opinion I share, but would have no doubt fumbled with heavy-handed cynicism. I am also inclined to excuse my reticence with a comment a friend shared a while back, “If you cannot improve upon the silence, keep quiet (STFU).” But now, it’s time for me to ramble a little, as if I haven’t been already. Continue reading What’s new — a nod at climbing, yoga and biking — maybe a year remembered.


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